1. Herak calmly narrates how he and other Serb soldiers were encouraged by their commanders to take Muslim women from the Vogosca motel, rape and then murder them. 2. Also, it seemed unlikely that Serb soldiers would harm them. 3. And I heard of Serb soldiers raping. 4. And so they left, as did another truck with three Serb soldiers that arrived at the rural crossroads soon after. 5. As the returning Serb soldiers offered smiles and waves, Azemi and other villagers stared coldly at them. 6. At first the Serb soldiers reassured the Bosnian Muslim men they would be taken to the front lines, where they would be exchanged for Serb prisoners of war. 7. At the corner of an avenue called Liberty, Shipi Koshie turned to watch the convoy pass and the Serb soldiers making three-finger, Serbian nationalist salutes. 8. Azemi claimed the Serb soldiers had already pointed guns at local youths and chased one teenager through the village. 9. Before the stunned paratroopers could draw their weapons, the unnamed Serb soldier was seized and disarmed by other Serbs who ran out from the convoy. 10. Bosnian Serb soldiers at a checkpoint in the village of Memici refused to allow American journalists to pass. |